I've spent my vacation watching everything in the house fall apart around me.
- My TV. We bought it 7 years ago. For the last 2 years, it's been acting up a little. There have been times when there were red spots coming out the right side of the screen. That was easy to ignore. Then on Tuesday the screen went dark. Not all the way black, just dark. Ugh. This is where I find out that all of my shows are shot in dim lighting. Time for a new TV.
- My dryer. It came free with the house. We didn't have a particular attachment to it. It dries our clothes. Until it doesn't. There are some loads now that have to go through the thing 2 or 3 times. This is one that we're going to ride out until the thing finally dies. I am not looking forward to replacing it. Every woman knows (and Mr. A is about to find out) that you don't replace just the washer or just the dryer. You get them as a set so they match. Yes, it is important. Your laundry comes out mutated when your washer and dryer don't match.
- My vacuum. This one pisses me off because I just bought the thing. I tried cleaning my dining room rug last night and the damn thing just sucked up all the dirt, then spit it back onto the floor next to the rug. Lame! We cleaned all the filters this morning in hopes that it was just being pissy because it was full of crap. We'll see.
- My microwave. It took me 2 minutes to nuke something that the instructions say should only take --at max-- 55 seconds. If we have to replace the microwave, it will be the 3rd one we've had in the last 5 years. Contrary to what that statement would imply, we don't actually do a hell of a lot of cooking in the thing. We mostly use it to heat crap up or reheat leftovers. I'm seriously thinking of not replacing the stupid thing.
"Knowing is half the battle." - G.I. Joe
2 comments:
And of course all the crap that breaks is expensive to replace!
Re: your dryer. Could be just the heating element... maybe you could get it "repaired" until you want to shell out for a new matched set.
That is weird about your microwaves. I mean, microwaves I've been around seem to last for YEARS.
Re: TV Time to upgrade! There's good deals out there right now yeah?
Re: vacuum - I thought I had to get rid of mine but yea, it was just clogged. Sounds like you already looked for that. I hope you didn't shell out for a Dyson or something and it's acting this way.
Good luck on your appliances... what a PITA... please tell the rest of them that they should consider making a New Year's resolution to NOT commit suicide in 2010...
-- Wen
I think the problem with the microwave is the brand. We keep buying crappy GE microwaves. Every single one of them have quit on us in 2-3 years. Someday, we will learn our lesson.
As for the vacuum...apparently there was one filter that you had to pull the thing apart to get to. There was a gerbil in it or something. I haven't worked up the nerve to use it yet, but I will. Oh, and I'm such a cheap ass about my vacuums, I'm not even sure it has a brand name. :D
We sort of upgraded with the TV. We went bigger anyway. I'm not real happy about it, though, because the timing is horrible. Prices are great, but we've already spent what we had to spend on Christmas.
The dryer can just die. Amended: The dryer can just die right after we pay the TV off.
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